2003 House Bill 4206 ↩

Senate Roll Call 25: The substitute was not adopted

To replace the previous version of the bill with one which would not create the oversight commission, but instead would allow non-Detroit communities to name their own three members to the existing Detroit Water Board, rather than submitting a list of nominees with the final choice made by the Detroit mayor, as under current law. The substitute would also make the system's rate structure public (an issue which has been the subject of contentious FOIA lawsuits), and make it possible for non-Detroit communities to leave the system without penalty.